Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-01-28
OUR HAvERSACK,
Notes From Camp and Post Throughout
Vermont.

notes FROM camp ana fOst throughout
Vermont.
A man named Long, an inmate of the
West Rutland poOr-house, has been grant
ed pension of $50 per month and back
pay, amounting to $500.
The uniform militia system of the
United States, which is continued at the
present time. was provided by an act of
Congress in 1892
Mrs. Martha w. Brooks of st. Adams
! Bay, has recently obtained Il pension of
$3.50 for the loss of her son, Capt. L. B.
| Brooks, Co. +, 1th Vt. Vols, who was
! killed in 1868.
The new q. a. X. hall in Adams's block
at Bennington, is to be fitted up with in
side blinds and made as nice as any in the
State. The dedication is to take place
during the fore part of February.
Rev. Mr. Knox of considerable plat
form fame and an eloquent preacher, will
! deliver his army lecture at a campfire TO
| be held in Ilardwick on the evening of
! February |.
| There was an entertainment at the Bar
ton post hall on Wednesday evening, con
ssting of music, declarations and lee
| ture by f.. \. Cook, ESD, of Glover, after
| which there was bandbOX supper
! johnson Post, q. A. r., will give a pic
| mic dance Tuesday evening, Feb. l.
The committee on military affairs of The
| Senate has reported against the bin nitro
| duced toy Senator Edmunds approprating
! S25, 900 in aid of volunteer disabled sol
! diers' home in Vermont.
G. II. Newton of Calais and G. Hancock
of Berlin, who are veterans of the last
war; are each nearly 50 years Old.
A lot of new furniture has been present
| ed to the G. A. Il. post at Tunbridge by
the Relief Corps.
The post at Brandon will hold a camp
| fire the second week in February.
Col. w. q. Neazey is expected to give a
| lecture at Putney under the auspices of
the Grand Army Post, some time in Feb
ruary
The citizens and members of the Grand
Army post at Windsor will join in giving
Captain and Mrs. h. j. Coffey a compli-
mentary and farewell benefit ON Friday
evening, February 2s. Supplementary to
the benefit supper there will be IA concert
| 10y the local musicians.
The increase OF the Grand Army in the
State to over 1000 will add $50 to the salary
of the assistant Acknowledgement.
1t is expected that Henry W. Tewks
! bury, NermOut's well known lecturer. vii!
he secured on Friday evening, Feb 1, to
burg, in Windsor. Mr. Tewksbury illus
trates his lecture by fine oil painting is
feet long and II feet wide, giving grand
view If the ground of Pickett's terrible
charge ON July ,, 1863, when the % Yer
mont brigade under Gen. Stannard rem
dered the timely aid that turned the enc
my and virtually won the day.
Company f., at Barre have elected
Bert. H. Wells captain, in place of c. NJ.
! Spencer, resigned LIST Lieutenant, Andrew
Iavalette I'd Lieutenant, w. NJ
spear. After the election of officers Mr..
| SPENCER, the retiring captain, was pre-
! -ented by the company with an elegant
! silver ice pitcher, with his name engraved
thereon, and he responded in a very fit
ting way.
The report OF the Board of Managers of
the National Home for disabled volunteer
soldiers, has been laid before the House
The average number of inmates during
the last fiscal year was $40 against $3.50
for the preceding year. The ratio of in
increase is said to be likely to continue
for decade to come. The survivors of
| the war are growing old their disabi-
| tiles are severe. and the number who are
! unable to support themselves is rapidly
| increasing
The tablet recently erected to the mem
DRY OF General Mcclellan, in St. Cloud
Preshy terrain church, West Orange, n
! j., is in heavy rolled 80 aglinSc
| black marble. The edge is laurelled, and
| the general military rank is Indicated by
{ two stars and baton. The inscription
reads George Brinton Mcclellan, ma
I
Jersey, elder of this church. have
! fought the good fight have finished my
course have kept the faith
| The Vermont pension board of surgeons
say that more than one-haf of the appli-
Giants for pensions examined by them
| nave heart disease. The surgeons are of
! the opinion that this disease WAS the re
suit of fright and mental strain that sol
diers were subjected to going into battles
and places of danger.
| A veteran who served in the Third Yer.
! mont regiment arrived in Montpelier last
week from Maine, where he had been re
| fused admission to the National Soldiers
| Home for the reason they had no room for
any more soldiers there. He was informed
| that Vermont had a home, which he was
seeking when he reached Montpelier He
! is now stopping at the poorhouse on the
! town farm, waiting for the opening of the
| home.
Pensions have recently been granted to
| Nermonters rs follows: DE-. p. ID. Brad
| ford, Mortified, So month and $535 ar
rears Edward +. Rumney, West Berlin,
81 Il month from February, 1886, date of
application Robert Aston, Manchester,
! y H., recently of Cabot, - a month and
5000 arrears; Robert G. Barnes, North
Hyde Park, an increase from IS to Sl2 u
month; William J. Maloney, North Troy
IS a month and $1,000 arrears; Maria
| Leach, North Troy, SIP a month and about
$500 arrears William X. Eastman,
| Greensboro, 81 a month and $50 arrears ;
| William H. Wright, Sheldon, 81 Il month
and about 800 arrears, Mrs. James Don
ahue, Mddlebury, Sl2 a mon and 1902
arrears; q. d. Marsh, Brattleboro, - Il
month and 5000 arrears; Spotford D.
Wright Jericho increase to SO month
The new hall at the Soldiers Home,
| Chelsea, Mass, has just been completed
| furnished and named Sargent Hall, in
! honor of Gen. Horace Bnney Sargent
now resident of San Francisco, Cal
The New York State encampment, G.
| A. r., will be held in Albany, February
1875. II is expected that 1000 delegates
will attend. They will be welcomed by
Albany's mayor at the Academy OF Music
on the All ernoon of the ed. In the even
ing the delegates will visit Troy and be
| given "A reception by the q. \. X. posts
there. State officers will be chosen on the
18th.
Senator Blair has introduced bill max